As used in this chapter, the term—
(1) “Administration” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(2) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(3) “aeronautical and space activities” has the meaning given to such term in section 2452(1) of this title;
(4) “field related to space” means any academic discipline or field of study (including the physical, natural, and biological sciences, and engineering, space technology, education, economics, sociology, communications, planning, law, international affairs, and public administration) which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, development, and utilization of space;
(5) “panel” means the space grant review panel established pursuant to section 2486h of this title;
(6) “person” means any individual, any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (including any space grant college, space grant regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, or laboratory), or any State, political subdivision of a State, or agency or officer of a State or political subdivision of a State;
(7) “space environment” means the environment beyond the sensible atmosphere of the Earth;
(8) “space grant college” means any public or private institution of higher education which is designated as such by the Administrator pursuant to section 2486f of this title;
(9) “space grant program” means any program which—
(A) is administered by any space grant college, space grant regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency; and
(B) includes two or more projects involving education and one or more of the following activities in the fields related to space—
(i) research,
(ii) training, or
(iii) advisory services;
(10) “space grant regional consortium” means any association or other alliance which is designated as such by the Administrator pursuant to section 2486f of this title;
(11) “space resource” means any tangible or intangible benefit which can only be realized from—
(A) aeronautical and space activities; or
(B) advancements in any field related to space; and
(12) “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
(Pub. L. 100–147, title II, §204, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 870.)